Finland in World War II : history, memory, interpretations

Author(s)

• Kinnunen, Tiina
• Kivimäki, Ville

Bibliographic Information

Finland in World War II : history, memory, interpretations

edited by Tiina Kinnunen, Ville Kivimäki

（History of warfare, v. 69）

Brill, 2012

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [561]-564) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume brings together a rich array of original contributions - hitherto unavailable in English - on Finland during World War II and the place of the war in Finnish collective memory. Providing readers with a solid narrative of the war's political and military framework from a Finnish perspective, this volume also offers well-argued analyses of the ideological, social and cultural aspects of a society at war. As part of the complex legacy of the war it discusses the 'Karelian question' and the Holocaust in Finnish public memory, topics often neglected in international scholarship. Besides a historical narrative, this volume, with its thorough introduction, also reveals to readers the history and current state of Finnish historiography of World War II. Contributors are Outi Fingerroos, Sonja Hagelstam, Antero Holmila, Markku Jokisipila, Michael Jonas, Marianne Junila, Tiina Kinnunen, Ville Kivimaki, Helene Laurent, Henrik Meinander, Tenho Pimia, Oula Silvennoinen, Tuomas Tepora, and Pasi Tuunainen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Permissions and Credits for the Illustrations List of Maps and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Three Wars and Their Epitaphs The Finnish History and Scholarship of World War II Ville Kivimaki Part One. Politics and the Military 1. Finland and the Great Powers in World War II: Ideologies, Geopolitics, Diplomacy Henrik Meinander 2. The Politics of an Alliance: Finland in Nazi Foreign Policy and War Strategy Michael Jonas 3. The Finnish Army at War: Operations and Soldiers, 1939-45 Pasi Tuunainen Part Two. Social Frameworks, Cultural Meanings 4. Wars on the Home Front: Mobilization, Economy and Everyday Experiences Marianne Junila 5. Meaningless Death or Regenerating Sacrifice? Violence and Social Cohesion in Wartime Finland Ville Kivimaki & Tuomas Tepora 6. Families, Separation and Emotional Coping in War: Bridging Letters between Home and Front, 1941-44 Sonja Hagelstam Part Three. Ideologies in Practice 7. War and the Emerging Social State: Social Policy, Public Health and Citizenship in Wartime Finland Helene Laurent 8. Limits of Intentionality: Soviet Prisoners-of-War and Civilian Internees in Finnish Custody Oula Silvennoinen 9. Greater Finland and Cultural Heritage: Finnish Scholars in Eastern Karelia, 1941-44 Tenho Pimia Part Four. Wars of Memory 10. Shifting Images of "Our Wars": Finnish Memory Culture of World War II Tiina Kinnunen & Markku Jokisipila 11. "Karelia Issue": The Politics and Memory of Karelia in Finland Outi Fingerroos 12. Varieties of Silence: Collective Memory of the Holocaust in Finland Antero Holmila Selected Bibliography: Studies on Finnish History in World War II in English Writers Index

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Details

• NCID: BB11429342
• ISBN:
  • 9789004208940
• LCCN: 2011035773
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 576 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D765.3
  • DC23 : 940.53/4897
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Finland
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Finland
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Finland -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Collective memory -- Finland
  • LCSH : Karelia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Karelia (Russia) -- Annexation to Finland
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA33716318